2012 (soundtrack)

2012 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Soundtrack album by Harald Kloser and Thomas Wander
Released	November 10, 2009
Recorded	2009
Studio	Sony Scoring Stage, Sony Pictures Studios, Culver City, California Lightning Sound Studios, Hidden Hills, California Capitol Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles
Genre	Pop rock film score
Length	57:47
Label	RCA
Producer	Harald Kloser Thomas Wander
Harald Kloser and Thomas Wander chronology
Giant (2009) 2012 (2009) Anonymous (2011)

No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Time for Miracles"	Adam Lambert	4:43
2.	"Constellation"		1:30
3.	"Wisconsin"		1:14
4.	"U.S. Army"		2:20
5.	"Ready To Rumble"		1:42
6.	"Spirit of Santa Monica"		1:21
7.	"It Ain't The End Of The World"	George Segal Blu Mankma	2:52
8.	"Great Kid"		2:17
9.	"Finding Charlie"		1:45
10.	"Run Daddy Run"		1:14
11.	"Stepping Into The Darkness"		1:35
12.	"Leaving Las Vegas"		1:44
13.	"Ashes In D.C"		4:19
14.	"We Are Talking The Bentley"		3:43
15.	"Nampan Plateau"		2:51
16.	"Saving Caesar"		2:09
17.	"Adrian's Speech"		1:41
18.	"Open The Gates!"		2:16
19.	"The Impact"		1:49
20.	"Suicide Mission"		2:06
21.	"2012 The End Of The World"		1:24
22.	"Collision With Mount Everest"		1:09
23.	"The End Is Only The Beginning"		5:44
24.	"Fades Like A Photograph"	Filter	4:19
Total length:			57:47

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes: ^[15]

• Music composer and producer – Harald Kloser, Thomas Wander
• Programming – Tommy Schobel
• Recording and mixing – Shawn Murphy
• Mastering – Louie Teran
• Supervising score editor – Fernand Bos
• Additional score editor – Adrian Van Velsen, Ronald Webb
• Sample development – Lothar Bellutta
• Score production coordinator – Haley M. Wilson
• Copyist – Ross DeRoche Music
• Executive producer – Roland Emmerich
• Executive in charge of music – Lia Vollack
• Art direction and design – Erwin Gorostiza

Orchestra

• Orchestra – The Hollywood Studio Symphony
• Orchestra conductor – James Brett
• Orchestrators – James Brett, Marcus Trumpp, Robert Elhai
• Orchestra contractor – Peter Rotter
• Concertmaster – Roger Wilkie

Instruments

• Bass – David Parmeter, Drew Dembowski, Edward Meares, Michael Valerio, Neil Stubenhaus, Nicolas Philippon, Oscar Hidalgo, Susan Ranney
• Bassoon – Katherine Oliver, Kenneth Munday, Michael O'Donovan
• Cello – Armen Ksajikian, David Speltz, Dennis Karmazyn, Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick, George Kim Scholes, Jennifer Lee Kuhn, John Walz, Stan Sharp, Timothy Landauer, Victor Lawrence, Steve Erdody
• Clarinet – Ralph Williams, Steven Roberts, Stuart Clark, Donald Foster
• Electric cello – Martin Tillman
• Erhu – Karen Han
• Ethnic woodwinds – Chris Bleth
• Flute – David Shostac, Heather Clark, Jennifer Olson, Lisa Edelstein, Geraldine Rotella, James Walker
• Guitar – Michael Landau, Michael Thompson
• Harp – Jo Ann Turovsky
• Horn – Brian O'Connor, David Duke, Eric Overholt, Ethan Bearman, Katharine Dennis, James Thatcher
• Oboe – Chris Bleth, Phillip Ayling, Leslie Reed, Thomas Boyd
• Percussion – Donald Williams, Michael Englander, Steven Schaeffer, Wade Culbreath, Alan Estes
• Piano – Randy Kerber
• Solo vocals – Carmel Echols, Joel Virgel
• Trombone – Alexander Iles, William Reichenbach, Phillip Teele, Steven Holtman,William Booth
• Trumpet – Barry Perkins, David Washburn, Jon Lewis, Timothy Morrison
• Tuba – Doug Tornquist
• Viola – Andrew Duckles, Cassandra Richburg, Darrin McCann, David Walther, Jennie Hansen, Luke Maurer, Marlow Fisher, Michael Nowak, Samuel Formicola, Victoria Miskolczy, Brian Dembow
• Violin – Alyssa Park, Amy Hershberger, Anatoly Rosinsky, Bruce Dukov, Caroline Campbell, Darius Campo, Dimitrie Leivici, Endre Granat, Eun-Mee Ahn, Helen Nightengale, Jacqueline Brand, Jay Rosen, Joel Pargman, Karen Han, Kenneth Yerke, Lorenz Gamma, Miwako Watanabe, Natalie Leggett, Neil Samples, Nina Evtuhov, Phillip Levy, Radu Pieptea, Rafael Rishik, Richard Altenback, Roberto Cani, Sarah Thornblade, Searmi Park, Serena McKinney, Shalini Vijayan, Tamara Hatwan, Julie Ann Gigante, Roger Wilkie

Choir

• Choir contractor – Jasper Randall
• Alto – Aleta Braxton, Aber Erwin, Amy Fogerson, Angie Jaree, Cindy Bourquin, Donna Medine, Edie Lehmann Boddicker, Jennifer Barnes, Kimberly Switzer, Leanna Brand, Michele Hemmings, Nike St. Clair
• Bass – Aaron Roethe, Abdiel Gonzalez, Bob Joyce, Eric Bradley, Jim Campbell, Paul Bent, Reid Bruton, Scott Graff, Nico Abondolo
• Soprano – Ayana Haviv, Darlene Koldenhoven, Diane Freiman Reynolds, Elin Carlson, Jennifer Graham, Karen Hogle Brown, Karen Whipple Schnurr, Lesley Leighton, Lori Moran, Marie Hodgson, Monique Donnelly, Tyler Azelton
• Tenor – Agostino Castagnola, Chris Mann, Christopher Gambol, Gerald White, Jasper Randall, Jonathan Mack, Michael Lichtenauer, Steve Amerson

Accolades

Awards	Category	Recipient(s) and nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards	Top Box Office Films	Harald Kloser and Thomas Wander	Won	[16] [17]
BMI Film & TV Awards	BMI Film Music Awards		Nominated	[18]
Motion Picture Sound Editors	Best Sound Editing – Music in a Feature Film	Fernand Bos (supervising music editor); Ronald J. Webb, Adrian Van Velsen (music editors)	Nominated	[19] [20] [21]

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